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J. HOLLINGBR.

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33m/en fon Patented May 5, 1896.

AN DREW BGRAHAM. PMUTO-UTNUWASNINGTOKD C NITED STATES A 'ATENT OFFICE.

JOHN l-IOLLINGER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 559,451, ydated May 5,1896. Appiiaiioii ined April 27,1895. seriaiNo. 547,417. cromati.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN HOLLINGER, of Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Boxes; and I do here by declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in that variety of boxes whereinthe box proper lis capable of being slid endwise of a shuck or coverthat embraces the box at the top, bottom, and sides, the object being,first, to provide means whereby `the box cannot autom atically slidefrom within its shuck or cover; and, :referring to matches andsimilarly# shaped articles, for which my improved box is more especiallydesigned, l would remark that another object of my invention consists inthe construction of a box from which more than one or two matchescannot, without inconvenience, be removed at one time.

iVith these objects in view my invention consists in certain features ofconstruction and `combinations of parts hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a view inl Vperspective of abox embodying my invention, showing the same lled with matches M andshowing, in a measure, the manner of removing a match from the box. Fig.2 is a central longitudinal section of the box. Fig. 3 is a centrallongitudinal section of the box with the slide or false bottom Oremoved.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the box, and B the shuck orcover for the box.

The means employed for preventing the box from sliding endwise out, orpartially out, of the shuck or cover are as follows: The ends of the boxare somewhat higher than the sides of the box, and the sides of the boxare somewhat lower than the internal height of the shuck or cover,thereby accommodating the lifting of the box within the shuck or coverand the introduction of a slide or false bottom C between the bottom ofthe box and the bottom of the cover. The height of the ends of the boxis such, relative to the height of the cover, that when the box islifted within the cover by the introduction of the aforesaid falsebottom or slide the ends of the box shall overlap the edges of the topof the cover, as shown at a, Fig. 2, and thereby secure the box againstaccidental endwise displacement within the cover. false bottom C the boxwill descend upon the bottom of the cover, and the ends of the box willdrop below the edges of the top of the cover, as shown in Fig. 3,thereby accommodating the replenishing of the box or the removal fromthe box of an unusually large portion of its contents.

The top of the cover at its central portion is provided withacomparatively narrow longitudinally-arranged opening B', that affordsaccess to the interior of the box, and hence if the box is used formatches, as in the case illustrated, it will readily be observed thatthe comparatively narrow opening centrally of the cover will greatlydecrease the convenience of removing more than one or two matches at atime, and hence it will be observed that my improved box will to a greatextent prevent the extravagant use of the matches. To render it stillmore inconvenient, however, to remove more than one or two matches atone time from the box through opening B in the cover, I divide the boxinto three compartments a a2 d3 by means of a piece D, of cardboard orother suitable pliable or flexible material, said piece of pliable oriiexible `material being so placed within the box that it shall extendfrom end to end of the bottom of the box, incline upwardly from one endof said bottom to the central portion of the box, and thence declinetoward the opposite end of the box, said piece D constituting thedividing-wall between the compartments. The central portion of piece Dengages, or approximately engages, the under side of the top of thecover in the elevated position of the box and is preferably providedwith a comparatively small opening d, for the purpose hereinafter madeapparent.

The compartment as below the dividing wall or piece D will be foundserviceable as a storage-compartment, ankd said piece D forms theinclining bottom of compartments a' a2, from which a match when neededis taken.

By the construction hereinbefore described it is obvious that an attemptto remove more than one or two matches from the box at one By removingthe slide orv IOO time would be attended by such inconvenienee that itis not likely that any attempt of the kind would be made. Consequentlythe employment of my improved box will practically prevent theextravagant use of the matches or similarly-shaped articles-such, forinstance, as toothpicks-placed therein.

My improved construction, however, it will be observed, readily admitsof the removal of one or two matches at a time, and the manner ofremovingamatch from one of the compartments above the dividing-wall inthe box is, in a measure, illustrated in Fig. l, wherein, we willsuppose, m designates the match to be removed` The person desiring toremove the same inclines the box so as to cause said match to roll ormove toward the upper end of the inclining bottom of the compartmentcontaining it, where the person can take hold of it conveniently, andthen turn the same at the opening d on the highest or central portion ofpiece D, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, until he has brought thematch into, or approximately into, line with the opening in the cover,when he can readily remove the same, opening d in piece D faeilitatingthe operation of the thumb and finger employed in the removal of thematch and member D yielding sufficiently in the turning of the matchpreparatory to the removal of the latter. It will of course be observedthat access is had to storage compartment a3, when compartments a c2become empty, by removing yielding partition D.

lVhat I claim isl. In a box, the combination with the box proper and acover embracing the box proper at the top, bottom and sides, of aremovable slide or false bottom interposed between the bottom of the boxproper and cover, the sides of the box proper being sufficiently lowerthan the internal height of the cover to accommodate the application ofthe aforesaid slide or false bottom, and the ends of the box properbeing sufficiently higher than the sides of the box proper as to overlapthe edges of the top of the cover in the elevated position of the boxproper, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a box, the combination with the box proper and a cover embracingthe box proper between the top, bottom and sides, of the flat slide Dinterposed between the lower surface of the bottom of the box proper andupper surface of the bottom of the cover, the sides of the box properbeing sufficiently lower than the internal height of the cover toaccommodate the introduction of the aforesaid slide, and the ends of thebox proper being sufficiently higher than the sides of the box proper torender them, the ends, capable of overlapping the edges of the top ofthe cover in the elevated position of the box proper, substantially asset forth.

3. In a box, the combination with the box proper, and a cover embracingthe box proper at the top, bottom and sides, and provided with acomparatively narrow opening arranged lengthwise of the cover, of apiece D of pliable or flexible material, said piece D extending from oneend of the bottom of the box proper upwardly toward the central portionof the box, and thence extending downwardly toward the other end of thebottom of the box proper, thereby dividing the box proper into threecompartments a', d2, a3, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4:. In a box, the combination with the box proper, and a cover embracingthe box proper at the top, bottom and sides, and provided with acomparatively narrow opening ar- 'ranged lengthwise of the cover, of apiece D of pliable or flexible material, said piece D extending from oneend of the bottom of the box proper upwardly toward the central portionof the box, and thence extending downwardly toward the other end of thebottom of the box proper, thereby dividing the box proper' into threecompartments d', c2, d3, said pliable or flexible piece, at its centralportion, being provided with a hole d, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of twowitnesses, this 26th day of January, 1895.

JOHN IIOLLINGER.

Witnesses:

C. H. Donna, L. WARD HOOVER.

